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Contents: April 2006, Volume 188, Issue 8        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Signal Transduction        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Plant Microbiology        Errata

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Desulfovibrio gigas Flavodiiron Protein Affords Protection against Nitrosative Stress In Vivo Rute Rodrigues, João B. Vicente, Rute Félix, Solange Oliveira, Miguel Teixeira, and Claudina Rodrigues-Pousada J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2745-2751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Lactaldehyde Dehydrogenase in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii and Its Involvement in Production of Lactate for F420 Biosynthesis Laura L. Grochowski, Huimin Xu, and Robert H. White J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2836-2844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetylornithine Transcarbamylase: a Novel Enzyme in Arginine Biosynthesis Hiroki Morizono, Juan Cabrera-Luque, Dashuang Shi, Rene Gallegos, Saori Yamaguchi, Xiaolin Yu, Norma M. Allewell, Michael H. Malamy, and Mendel Tuchman J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2974-2982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Putative c-Type Multiheme Cytochromes Required for the Expression of OmcB, an Outer Membrane Protein Essential for Optimal Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens Byoung-Chan Kim, Xinlei Qian, Ching Leang, Maddalena V. Coppi, and Derek R. Lovley J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3138-3142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The Riboflavin Transporter RibU in Lactococcus lactis: Molecular Characterization of Gene Expression and the Transport Mechanism Catherine M. Burgess, Dirk Jan Slotboom, Eric R. Geertsma, Ria H. Duurkens, Bert Poolman, and Douwe van Sinderen J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2752-2760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Replication during Aggregation Phase Is Essential for Myxococcus xanthus Development Linfong Tzeng, Terri N. Ellis, and Mitchell Singer J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2774-2779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Analysis of the Mode of Interplay between an ATPase Subunit and Membrane Subunits of the Lipoprotein-Releasing ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter LolCDE Yasuko Ito, Hitomi Matsuzawa, Shin-ichi Matsuyama, Shin-ichiro Narita, and Hajime Tokuda J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2856-2864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of Long-Term Adaptation of Yersinia enterocolitica to Low-Temperature Growth Geraldine Bresolin, Klaus Neuhaus, Siegfried Scherer, and Thilo M. Fuchs J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2945-2958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Alterations of the Cysteine Desulfurase IscS of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Reveal Substrate Specificity of IscS in tRNA Thiolation Hans K. Lundgren and Glenn R. Björk J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3052-3062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Allele of gyrA Prevents Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium from Using Succinate as a Carbon Source George E. Schmitz and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3126-3129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Independent Regulation of MucD, an HtrA-Like Protease in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the Role of Its Proteolytic Motif in Alginate Gene Regulation Lynn F. Wood and Dennis E. Ohman J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3134-3137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Gene Encoding an Acetylase Required for Pyoverdine Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Iain L. Lamont, Lois W. Martin, Talia Sims, Amy Scott, and Mary Wallace J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3149-3152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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A Database of Bacterial Lipoproteins (DOLOP) with Functional Assignments to Predicted Lipoproteins M. Madan Babu, M. Leena Priya, A. Tamil Selvan, Martin Madera, Julian Gough, L. Aravind, and K. Sankaran J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2761-2773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray and Proteomic Analyses of the RpoS Regulon in Geobacter sulfurreducens Cinthia Núñez, Abraham Esteve-Núñez, Carol Giometti, Sandra Tollaksen, Tripti Khare, Winston Lin, Derek R. Lovley, and Barbara A. Methé J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2792-2800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genomics of NAD Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria Svetlana Y. Gerdes, Oleg V. Kurnasov, Konstantin Shatalin, Boris Polanuyer, Roman Sloutsky, Veronika Vonstein, Ross Overbeek, and Andrei L. Osterman J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3012-3023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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A Novel Three-Protein Two-Component System Provides a Regulatory Twist on an Established Circuit To Modulate Expression of the cbbI Region of Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA010 Simona Romagnoli and F. Robert Tabita J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2780-2791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Control of the Mycobacterial embCAB Operon by PknH through a Regulatory Protein, EmbR, In Vivo Kirti Sharma, Meetu Gupta, Monika Pathak, Nidhi Gupta, Anil Koul, Smilona Sarangi, Renu Baweja, and Yogendra Singh J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2936-2944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Assembly of the Type III Secretion Apparatus of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Tomoaki Ogino, Ryuta Ohno, Kachiko Sekiya, Asaomi Kuwae, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Takashi Nonaka, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Shinobu Imajoh-Ohmi, and Akio Abe J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2801-2811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Heat Shock Response in the Smallest Known Self-Replicating Cell, Mycoplasma genitalium Oxana Musatovova, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani, and Joel B. Baseman J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2845-2855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ppuI-rsaL-ppuR Quorum-Sensing System Regulates Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas putida PCL1445 by Controlling Biosynthesis of the Cyclic Lipopeptides Putisolvins I and II Jean-Frédéric Dubern, Ben J. J. Lugtenberg, and Guido V. Bloemberg J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2898-2906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of the Contiguous sigB, dtxR, and galE Genes in Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Evidence for Multiple Transcripts and Regulation by Environmental Factors Diana Marra Oram, Andrew D. Jacobson, and Randall K. Holmes J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2959-2973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of BrpA on Critical Virulence Attributes of Streptococcus mutans Zezhang T. Wen, Henry V. Baker, and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2983-2992; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

EspF of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Binds Sorting Nexin 9 Oliver Marchès, Miranda Batchelor, Robert K. Shaw, Amit Patel, Nicola Cummings, Takeshi Nagai, Chihiro Sasakawa, Sven R. Carlsson, Richard Lundmark, Celine Cougoule, Emmanuelle Caron, Stuart Knutton, Ian Connerton, and Gad Frankel J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3110-3115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Biofilm Formation and Motility Associated with Lipopolysaccharide/Exopolysaccharide-Coupled Biosynthetic Genes in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Tzu-Pi Huang, Eileen B. Somers, and Amy C. Lee Wong J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3116-3120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Nudix Hydrolase Family Members with an Antimutator Role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis T. Dos Vultos, J. Blázquez, J. Rauzier, I. Matic, and B. Gicquel J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3159-3161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Differences in Resolution of mwr-Containing Plasmid Dimers Mediated by the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli XerC Recombinases: Potential Implications in Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Duyen Bui, Judianne Ramiscal, Sonia Trigueros, Jason S. Newmark, Albert Do, David J. Sherratt, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2812-2820; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel FtsZ-Like Protein Is Involved in Replication of the Anthrax Toxin-Encoding pXO1 Plasmid in Bacillus anthracis Eowyn Tinsley and Saleem A. Khan J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2829-2835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detailed Genomic Analysis of the Wß and Phages Infecting Bacillus anthracis: Implications for Evolution of Environmental Fitness and Antibiotic Resistance Raymond Schuch and Vincent A. Fischetti J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3037-3051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Morphology of Isolated Gli349, a Leg Protein Responsible for Mycoplasma mobile Gliding via Glass Binding, Revealed by Rotary Shadowing Electron Microscopy Jun Adan-Kubo, Atsuko Uenoyama, Toshiaki Arata, and Makoto Miyata J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2821-2828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Green Fluorescent Chimeras Indicate Nonpolar Localization of Pullulanase Secreton Components PulL and PulM Nienke Buddelmeijer, Olivera Francetic, and Anthony P. Pugsley J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2928-2935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role Of MinD-Membrane Association in Min Protein Interactions Aziz Taghbalout, Luyan Ma, and Lawrence Rothfield J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2993-3001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential and Dynamic Localization of Topoisomerases in Bacillus subtilis Serkalem Tadesse and Peter L. Graumann J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3002-3011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Conserving a Volatile Metabolite: a Role for Carboxysome-Like Organelles in Salmonella enterica Joseph T. Penrod and John R. Roth J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2865-2874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of luxS in Staphylococcus aureus Reveals a Role in Metabolism but Not Quorum Sensing Neil Doherty, Matthew T. G. Holden, Saara N. Qazi, Paul Williams, and Klaus Winzer J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2885-2897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Benzoyl-Coenzyme A (CoA) Catabolic Pathway in Azoarcus evansii: Conversion of Ring Cleavage Product by 3,4-Dehydroadipyl-CoA Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Johannes Gescher, Wael Ismail, Ellen Ölgeschläger, Wolfgang Eisenreich, Jürgen Wörth, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2919-2927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Levels of Glycine Betaine in Growing Cells and Spores of Bacillus Species and Lack of Effect of Glycine Betaine on Dormant Spore Resistance Charles A. Loshon, Paul G. Wahome, Mark W. Maciejewski, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3153-3158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Comparison of OG1RF and an Isogenic fsrB Deletion Mutant by Transcriptional Analysis: the Fsr System of Enterococcus faecalis Is More than the Activator of Gelatinase and Serine Protease Agathe Bourgogne, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Gary M. Dunny, and Barbara E. Murray J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2875-2884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The DtxR Regulon of Corynebacterium glutamicum Julia Wennerhold and Michael Bott J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 2907-2918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Domains of the Bacillus subtilis Transcription Factor AraR and Identification of Amino Acids Important for Nucleoprotein Complex Assembly and Effector Binding Irina Saraiva Franco, Luís Jaime Mota, Cláudio Manuel Soares, and Isabel de Sá-Nogueira J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3024-3036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Upregulated Transcription of Plasmid and Chromosomal Ribulose Monophosphate Pathway Genes Is Critical for Methanol Assimilation Rate and Methanol Tolerance in the Methylotrophic Bacterium Bacillus methanolicus Øyvind M. Jakobsen, Aline Benichou, Michael C. Flickinger, Svein Valla, Trond E. Ellingsen, and Trygve Brautaset J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3063-3072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanism of hilA Repression by 1,2-Propanediol Consists of Two Distinct Pathways, One Dependent on and the Other Independent of Catabolic Production of Propionate, in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Shu-ichi Nakayama and Haruo Watanabe J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3121-3125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sigma L Is Important for Cold Shock Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis Frank Wiegeshoff, Carsten L. Beckering, Michel Debarbouille, and Mohamed A. Marahiel J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3130-3133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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A CsgD-Independent Pathway for Cellulose Production and Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli Sandra Da Re and Jean-Marc Ghigo J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3073-3087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Phosphorelay Perturbations on Architecture, Sporulation, and Spore Resistance in Biofilms of Bacillus subtilis Jan-Willem Veening, Oscar P. Kuipers, Stanley Brul, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, and Remco Kort J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3099-3109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 PhoQ Sensor Kinase Regulates Several Virulence Determinants Balakrishnan Venkatesh, Lavanya Babujee, Hui Liu, Pete Hedley, Takashi Fujikawa, Paul Birch, Ian Toth, and Shinji Tsuyumu J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3088-3098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

BacA-Mediated Bleomycin Sensitivity in Sinorhizobium meliloti Is Independent of the Unusual Lipid A Modification Gail P. Ferguson, An Jansen, Victoria L. Marlow, and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3143-3148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set Ingrid Filliol, Alifiya S. Motiwala, Magali Cavatore, Weihong Qi, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Miriam Bobadilla del Valle, Janet Fyfe, Lourdes García-García, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Thierry Zozio, Marta Inírida Guerrero, Clara Inés León, Jonathan Crabtree, Sam Angiuoli, Kathleen D. Eisenach, Riza Durmaz, Moses L. Joloba, Adrian Rendón, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce de León, M. Donald Cave, Robert Fleischmann, Thomas S. Whittam, and David Alland J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3162-3163; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ParABS Systems of the Four Replicons of Burkholderia cenocepacia: New Chromosome Centromeres Confer Partition Specificity Nelly Dubarry, Franck Pasta, and David Lane J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3164 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Brucella abortus xthA-1 Gene Product Participates in Base Excision Repair and Resistance to Oxidative Killing but Is Not Required for Wild-Type Virulence in the Mouse Model Michael L. Hornback and R. Martin Roop, II J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3165 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polar Flagellum Biogenesis in Aeromonas hydrophila Rocío Canals, Silvia Ramirez, Silvia Vilches, Gavin Horsburgh, Jonathan G. Shaw, Juan M. Tomás, and Susana Merino J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3166 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Lateral Flagellar Gene System of Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3 Rocío Canals, Maria Altarriba, Silvia Vilches, Gavin Horsburgh, Jonathan G. Shaw, Juan M. Tomás, and Susana Merino J. Bacteriol. April 2006 188: 3167 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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